The news website Inewsmalta has been left with egg on its face after it published an article falsely claiming that a couple was caught having sex in St Julian’s.

The article, which has since been deleted, said that one of its readers had flagged a video of a couple having sex in St Julian’s and was attached with a blurry photo.

However, a quick internet search reveals that the photo was actually sourced from an article that appeared in the Mirror last November about a couple who was caught on camera having sex in a London motel.

Inewsmalta, the online version of the GWU-owned l-Orizzont, had claimed that this was the second similar case in as many days after a couple was filmed having sex on a roof in Attard. The police have confirmed that they are investigating the video.